The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-08

The Celtie language + spOkea ~
$4,000 people IN Ireland. $1,000 q
whom can speak no other.
The iavoriie pin and brooch Il the
Partisan WDman Is ornaneuted with
one or seseral dogs heads
Since the accident in the Theater
Comique. the provincial theaters in
France have had only empty galleries.
"A elub has been started in Berlin
which has amOlg its rules one which
provides that no one shall be eligible
10 membership unless he can converse
auenily In At least one foreign Ian.
guage.
The title Of baron was Formerly
The only one IN the English language;
now It Is the lowest Ifs original
name was ''vavas0ur." but the Saxons
changed il to ''thane." and finally the
n ,rmans gave It ~ present appeIla-
ton.
The cost Of the British medical
army sfafris E24O. 900 a year. but in
addition, there Is an item Of E200 900
a year for pensions 70 retired doctors
aud surgeons The medical officers
retire from the service at forty.fve
Yeas Of age. and receive pensions for
the remainder Of their days
Tue government Of Italy is about
In undertake excavations on the site
# the ancient city Sybaris. so famous
Tor its luxury and splendor Sybaris
was buried under the mud brought
down by an inundation nearly twenty
fOHr hundred years ago. but il is he
lieVed that the ruins will be found
veil preserved. N Y Ledger.
The British tel egraph service.
which is part OF the pOst-"fIiee. does
not pay expenses since the rate was
reduced 10 sixpence per message. or
about - cents The deficit for the
past year was E223. 900 on working
expenses aud E326. 90 for interest on
the working eapital-in all ESQ 900.
or S275OOO0
The grusshnpPer plague is giving
serious trouble in Algeria this year.
The efforts made to destroy the e. g
have proved useless In one district
$1,000 gallons have been collected and
burned. This represents the destrue.
lion Of Z. 25O 90. 600 insects. RafHre.
We'll may the people Of France
stand aghast at the financial problem
H. -, r.T1.T ,,,,c.r, o., a,lvo n, a.
1St Of January. 1880. the public debt OF
France amounted to Sc. 2OO. OOO.OOO. on
the 1st Of February. 1887. it reached
"a. E24. 100000. Thus in seven years
the debt has swelled to the tune Of
81. 324. 600 600 - an increase Of such
fearful proportions rs u justly create
alarm for the solvency Of France. -
Public Opinion.
"A Jubilee" river Is the latest dis
covery in New Guinea where an Aus
tralian expedition in the Victory has
been making some valuable explora.
tons The Victory found two larg,
streams-the Douglas" reached by
the so-called laird river" which is
only one Of the mouths of the vast
Douglas. and a still wider further east.
which the expedition duly christcned
Jubilee" in honor Il the Queen.
Both rivers were explored for fully one
hundred miles. and five new tribes
were found. Springfield Times.
The total number Of persons killed
by wild animals and venOmous snakes
In the ten divisions of Bengal during
the official year 1856 was the high
est in the last five years. and amount
ed to IL S2S As is usual. nine-tenihs
Of these deaths were caused by snakes
But Of 12.22S bulaloes. oxen. horses
and ponies destroyed in this manner.
only 81 werr killed by snakes. These
annual returns do not take account Of
sheep. goats, pigs aud monkeys. the
destruction Of which IS very large. The
hyena is credited with the destruction
Of 77S head Of cattle. Boston Budget.